Ambler Mennonite (PA) is focusing on people who met Jesus on his journey to the cross while exploring the question, “What are we bringing to the cross?” Each Saturday, congregants gather to build the scenes creatively with Legos. Here we see Mary anointing Jesus’ feet, while Judas condemns this “waste” of resources (John 12:1-8). Photo Credit: Jacob Curtis
Bethany Mennonite (Vermont) has created a simple potter’s studio at the front of the church to portray the theme, “We are the clay; you are the potter,” from Isaiah 64:8. Each week a potter shares specific concepts that fit the theme, such as centering, clay memory, and made from the earth. Photo Credit: Gwen Groff
During Lent, Doylestown (PA) congregation has been reflecting on “The Fruit of Suffering.” Congregants write their struggles or losses on slips of purple paper and then tuck them into dead grape vines wrapped around the large cross. Photo Credit: KrisAnne Swartley
The work of Marie Riegle, an artist from Lancaster County, PA, is on display at Methacton Mennonite Church (PA) during Lent. Made from animal bones, Can These Dry Bones Live? is based on Ezekiel 37:2-3 and features a green plant emerging from the bones. Pastor Sandy Drescher-Lehman wrote a litany that the congregation read each week during Lent. Photo Credit: Eileen Kinch
With a theme of “Shaped by Jesus,” Souderton Mennonite’s (PA) altar display features a desert landscape that gradually transforms with more signs of life each week. Here we see flowing water, green plants, and birds in their nests on week five during Lent. Photo Credit: Berdine Leinbach
Zion Mennonite Church (PA) has a special altar display featuring a cross, a crown, and candles for Lent. Photo credit: Beth Rauschenberger
Junior High students Greta and Anju from Plains Mennonite (PA) created interactive Lenten response art along with their leader, Rachel. Congregants were invited to add ideas for Fasting, Praying, and Giving in the margins. Photo Credit: Heather Gingrich
Dark clouds and rain hang over the sanctuary of Plains Mennonite (PA) during Lent to represent the storms of life. Junior High students Heather and Greta created the display as a reminder to look for glimpses of light, hope, peace, and comfort amid life’s storms. Photo Credit: Heather Gingrich
Mosaic Mennonites
Missional - Intercultural - Formational